I’ll be on vacation until the 26th but don’t worry, there still will be new posts this week! And I will be checking in on EntreBlast for new comments and on Entrecard in case anything new comes up. You’ll see a post similar to this about a week after I come back because I am going on vacation again for a week. After that though, I’m good.

Just wanted to make a short post today for not posting this weekend as well as not dropping.

Every night since Wednesday it has thunderstormed where I live and a storm on Saturday knocked out my internet connection. Of course, the Comcast guys weren’t available until today. Well, everything is fixed now however on Sunday I was unable to drop with Entrecard or get my 100 points for clicking on Adgitize blogs. Because of this, the data will surely be skewed. However, we’ll make the best of the results and I will post them on Wednesday.

In the Entrecard forums, well in what little part I can currently view, I came across a link to this post that has a collection of really, really cool RSS Feed icons (and I mean COOL). Some are quirky and cute, and some are sleek and professional.

My favorite one of the lot was probably the toast RSS icon seen below. Anyways, blog branding is important, so check out these awesome RSS feed icons.

Dropping on other Entrecard blogs, I notice that many of those blogs have boring themes. I’m not trying to sound mean, but it’s true! Either that, or one of those popular free “premium” themes.

I have a special deal for Entrecard members. I’ve decided to offer my Wordpress design services to Entrecard members! You have the chance to get a unique, fully coded, custom made Wordpress theme.

These themes have a simple web 2.0 look, are compatible with Wordpress 2.7, and are widget-ready!

Check out my portfolio!

Price: Right now, you can order a custom Wordpress theme for just 6000 ECs. Custom work like this usually goes anywhere between $40 – $100+. So, this is a steal! If you’re interested in paying in cash, I’m offering a discount to EC members. Usually, the price is $40 but if you say you’re from Entrecard, I’ll offer my services for just $30.

Visit the Entrecard Market to purchase with ECs or contact me to purcahse with money or if you have any questions. You can expect quality work, a fast turnaround time, and unlimited tweaking until you’re satisfied!

If there are still people checking on this blog, get ready because EntreBlast will begin getting active again. The truth is, I just can’t steer away from blogging! Stay tuned folks, EntreBlast is coming back… Monday.

At the moment I am having trouble gathering inspiration for writing new posts. I usually experience this every once in a while but then I get over it in about a week. This is has not been the case this time however.

I am considering selling EntreBlast if there are interested buyers and the price is right. EntreBlast has achieved an alexa ranking of under 120,000, a Google Pagerank of 2, and 70 RSS subscribers. If you are interested in buying EntreBlast, please contact me via the contact page. If I do sell EntreBlast, the new owner will receive a generous amount of Entrecard credits to help kickstart EntreBlast again.

If someone is interested in writing for EntreBlast (posting news, tips, contests, etc) you can also contact me. In return you’ll receive links and free advertising on EntreBlast.

We will see what happens as I hope EntreBlast will become active again. EntreBlast has a lot of potential to be a useful and helpful blog.

To recap, the Entrecard Traffy Quality contest was blogging about why you like Entrecard traffic. It was supposed to be announced last Friday, but it was decided to announce both sets of winners together. The Outage Giveaway Bash was about choosing one of your favorite Entrecard bloggers and blogging about them.

Congratulations to the winners!

This week was super busy at Entrecard- a new partnership, economic system changes, and Graham giving out free ECs like crazy!

Changes in Entrecard Economy

Eight changes have been made regarding the economy of Entrecard. The shop is closed temporarily, selling credits is not allowed, and there is now a tax and cap on EC transfers. Visit this post to learn more:  New Entrecard Economy Changes.

Entrecard is NOT Being Sold

After an overwelming response to the listing of Entrecard on sitepoint by Graham, he has decided not to sell Entrecard. I think it’s the right descision because Entrecard is something Graham is truly passionate about. Instead, he plans to continue heading thus huge community and furthur improve it. An insight into this can be seen from the latest changes involving the Entrecard economy.

Entrecard Partners with OIOPublisher

With the latest 2.0 release of OIOPublisher, Entrecard has been integrated into the ad serving plugin. This means you can now pay with Entrecard credits for ads depending if the seller has activated it. This is so far the best site Entrecard has teamed up with to bring a useful feature. OIOPublisher is just $47, and most people make that up and more with the plugin. You can buy a header ad spot for just 4000 ECs/month on EntreBlast now!

Free Entrecard Credits in the Forums

Graham has been on a free Entrecard credits spree lately on the forums. Quite a few threads have been posted recently titled, “first person to reply to this thread gets x,xxx credits”. The amount of ECs have varied from 1,000 ECs to even 3,000 and although most have been found in the community section, they have been spotted in other sections as well.

Graham is Homeless

Another topic in the Community Entrecard forums is Graham’s current home- or lack of. The gap between his old apartment and his new place is 5 days. Instead of staying at a hotel, he’s been camping out on the beach. Recently Graham was even attacked by a sea lion! Only one more day to go, you can do it Graham!

Whew! One of the busiest weeks at Entrecard certainly! That’s your news for this week! What do you think of this new feature here?

I apologize for it being a little quite around here lately despite the huge Entrecard contest going on right now. School has just started for me and it has been hectic around here. There will always be times like this for any blogger, no matter how dedicated they are to a blog. Life happens!

Another reason why it’s been quite around here, is because Entrecard has been quite as well in terms of news and blog posts. My guess is they are working on something new!

Advertise on EntreBlast

There is currently only one open ad spot in the sidebar. You can grab the last spot for just $10 or 1,500 ECs for a full 31 days. I have not updated the pricing of the advertisement spots to reflect EntreBlast’s increase in traffic, alexa ranking, and ad popularity, so the current price is actually way underpriced (Seriously, I’ve seen smaller blogs charge TWICE that). The next ad spot that’ll open up after that won’t open until September 10th, and by then I’ll have upped the price. So, if you’re looking for a really cheap ad on EntreBlast during a time where it is getting a LOT of attention (due to the contest), oh hey, well, there is actually one opportunity for that.

Additionally, I’m going to be opening two new ways to advertise on EntreBlast soon. One will be a new ad position, the other, well, you’ll see!

New Content

A few ideas have popped in my head that would make good blog posts, and I plan on writing some soon and getting those out. They are related to Entrecard, but it’s not the normal news-reliant posts that appear on EntreBlast so very often.

If you would like to guest blog on EntreBlast, or submit an idea that would make a good topic to talk about (Entrecard-related) then feel free to get in touch with me via the contact form. Entrecard questions, strategies you use and tips you would like to share are good ideas. I’m only one Entrecard user. I’m sure there is a lot of useful information gathered by you guys too.

Back From Vacation

I finally returned from Canada on Sunday, at one in the morning! I’d like to thank everyone that continued to drop on EntreBlast though I could not return it. I’m back to dropping daily now. I’m going on vacation once more for a week the 6th of August, but I’m pretty sure I’ll have internet access there, so no worries.

Sidebar Spots Available

I currently have two 125×125 sidebar ad spots available, and more to open up soon. The price for a one month ad is still the same, at $10 a month or 1500 credits a month. Additionally, I’m temporarily allowing people to purchase ads on a weekly basis for 400 ECs a week. For more information, check out the Advertise page.

Summer Credit Splash Goal

I haven’t done much to search around for sponsors lately, due to being on vacation, but I’m setting a goal to reach 30,000 ECs in donations. We are sitting at 22,000 long, so I plan on finding sponsors this week and be ready to launch the contest by the end of the first week in August. If you’re interested in donating, check out the Summer Credit Splash post.

EntreBlast is continuing to grow as time flies by, and with the contest coming in a few days, it sure doesn’t seem like it’ll slow down soon. Our last site news update, the beginning of this month, I was bragging about an Alexa ranking of 177,728. EntreBlast is currently sitting at 132,254 and it’s also been given a PageRank 1. People say these things don’t matter, but what else is there to go on?